GYMPIE CARCASE CLASSIC -
July 2010
ATG, the Kaddatz family’s
Australian Tropical
Gelbvieh, and Glenn
Chaplin’s Sunshine Gelbvieh,
flew the flag for the
Gelbvieh breed
at the Gympie Carcase
Classic with a total of four
steers.

The 94 steers entered were
lot fed and data monitored
for 72 days
and then judged on the hook
for the results on quality
and yield factors.

The entries were ATG1 -
12.5% Gelbvieh x 87.5%
Brahman
ATG2 - 75% Gelbvieh x 25%
Brahman. The Chaplin steers
were
entered as Gelbvieh cross.
At the halfway mark in mid
June all four
entries were performing
above the average.

On the final weigh day
Friday 23 July ATG2 placed
6th in %
weight gain and 5th in kg
gained at 161 kg gain or
2.236 kg per
day. He registered a total
of 70.5 /100 points for
carcase
characteristics on the hook.
ATG1 registered 73/100.
All four finished above the
average and were a credit to
the breed.

Terry Nolan addressing
onlookers with both ATG
steers in the foreground.

2010 FIELD DAYS

Millmerran Qld

Clyde and Alison Johnson
welcomed visitors to the
Norolle Gelbvieh Field Day
on Thursday 22 July to see
the
display of Gelbvieh stock.

Murgon
Qld

60 people attended Chris and
Julie Braithwaite's property
(Midas Gelbvieh) on 23 July
2010 with speakers Christian
Duff
from SBTS and John
Bertram from the DPI both
talking on
crossbreeding and bull
selection.

They won the prestigious
Class 24A for ‘Two Grassfed
Steers live
weight 540 to 750 kg’ at the
May 2010 Mackay Show. This
class
is the Landmark sponsored
Hoof and Hook Feature Class.
The win
followed careful selection
and early preparation of
their two tooth
Gelbvieh cross steers.

The two F1x half Gelbvieh
steers that were shown on
the hoof
weighed 716 and 714 kg
respectively. The two,
quarter bred
Gelbvieh bullocks - F1 dams
x Brahman bull, dressed out
at
identical weights of 385 kg
and received a score of 82
points each.
Both pairs won their
classes, and placed first
overall.

History was created with the
Hoof and Hook Feature Class
being
won by the same competitor
for the first time.

Entries from Michael Borg
Investments, all Gelbvieh
infused, also
won second place in three
other classes - Pen of Three
Steers
suitable for the Japanese
market, Pen of Three Milk
Tooth Steers,
and Single Steer Class for
540 to 620kg.

Midas Wynn D051 exhibited by
CR & JL Braithwaite, second
in the class for
females 9 months and not
over 14 months, was Reserve
Junior Champion Female.

Midas D Bolt D004
exhibited by CR & JL
Braithwaite, second in the
class for bulls
20 months and not over 30
months, was Reserve Senior
Champion Bull.

GELBVIEH FEATURE SHOW -
Murgon, Qld.

The 2010 Qld Gelbvieh
Feature Show was held at the
Murgon Show on
Saturday 20 March.

The enthusiastic committee
of Gelbvieh members, headed
by Chris
Braithwaite, Julie Gould and
Julie Nixon, oversaw a great
showing of 39
Gelbvieh. They sourced
tremendous sponsorship from
Murgon, Gympie and
Kingaroy business houses.
Thank you to them and to the
exhibitors.

Studs entered were Granite
Gold, Midas, Norolle,
Sunshine, UR Diamond,
Weetalabah and Windmere. The
new Gelbvieh banner,
organised by Val
Rogers, was very visible and
there were plenty of
attentive spectators.

The Grand Champion Gelbvieh
Female was judged Interbreed
Champion
Female of the Show. Midas
was the Most Successful
Exhibiter.

2009 PRE-SALE 'GET TOGETHER'
Held on Wednesday 23
September at the Alexander
Motel Warwick,
this Social gathering proved
to be a great success.

Thanks to Margie and Keith
Single and Geoff and Cass
Steinbeck for the
bottles of wine from the
Single’s Windmill Hill
Estate Winery donated for
the
lucky door number winners.

Local Stanthorpe apple
products, chosen by Val
Rogers, were donated by
Alison and Clyde Johnson,
for those with lucky spots
marked on their chairs.

A Gelbvieh vest and cap as
first prize, and a cap as
second prize was
donated by Council to be
raffled. The Sale committee
thanks Council as this
raffle proved to be a good
fundraiser.

The evidence of “a good
night being had by all” is
pictured below. All photos
have names left to right.
Murray Young, Denis Dobson,
Mark Lowrey, Wendy Jackson,
Doug Roberts,
and Kirrily Johnson-Iseppi.

It was a repeat performance
of the 2008 Royal Queensland
Show in the
judging of the Gelbvieh
bulls this year, with the
same bulls winning
champion and reserve
champion respectively.

Midas Collosus C002,
exhibited by Chris and Julie
Braithwaite, Midas
Gelbviehs, Murgon, was
awarded champion bull
following a big 12
months on the show circuit.

Midas Collosus C002

After winning the Champion
title at the Ekka, the
1178kg bull went on to
win the grand champion
Gelbvieh bull and champion
interbreed bull at
the 2009 Sydney Royal Show;
grand champion at Beef 09
in Rockhampton, and will now
be offered at the Gelbvieh
National Sale on
September 24 at Warwick.

He scanned with measurements
of P8 / rib fat of 13 mm and
10 mm
respectively, and an EMA of
140 sq cms.

The reserve champion bull,
Weetalabah HB Cookie,
exhibited by Aderian
and Julie Nixon, Weetalabah,
Chinchilla, will also be
offered for sale at
Warwick.

The 938 kg bull had a P8/rib
fat of 8mm and 6mm, and EMA
of 129cms.

Weetalabah
HB Cookie
The Chaplin family of
Sunshine Gelbviehs, Cooray,
took out champion
female for the second
consecutive year, but this
year’s win was with a
proven female, Sunshine
Honey Rose, exhibited with a
calf at foot.

Sunshine Honey Rose

The Nixon family, Weetalabah,
won the reserve female
ribbon with their
heifer Glendale Dina D20.

Glendale Dina D20

This heifer has also had a
winning run this year,
having won calf
champion female at Beef 2009
in Rockhampton.”
QCL report by: Melissa
Martin

Congratulations to Michele
and Barry Fleming, Glendale
Cattle Enterprises,
Serpentine WA. They won the
ANZ award for the highest
pen score, across all
classes, in the Beef 2009
Carcass Competition, with a
group of three Gelbvieh and
Gelbvieh cross steers. They
have done the Gelbvieh breed
proud !

The winning pure bred, seven
month old Gelbvieh, had a
carcass weight of 196kg,
7 mm Rib fat, 10 mm P8 fat,
recording 4/5 for fat
distribution and an EMA of
63 sq
cm. The steers were
processed straight off their
mothers at an average age of
7.5
months through Hepple & Sons
abattoir at Northam, WA.

Thanks to Michele Fleming
and Alex Pugh, the
organisers of a wonderful
tour,
from the Queensland members,
who greatly enjoyed the WA
experience.
Thanks also to the staff and
students at Morawa Ag
College and Murdoch
University;
and the folks at the family
operated Studs who hosted us
and made us so welcome. Tour photos: Courtesy
of Julie Nixon, Malcolm King
and Clyde Johnson.

Day 1.
Perth - Morawa -
Three Springs -
Moora.

The group viewing
some of the Gelbvieh
females
at Morawa Ag
College.

Some of the Morawa
Show team being
prepared
for the 2008 Perth
Royal Show.

Some of the female
section of the
Gelbvieh and
crossbred herd
at “Nebru Plains”
Three Springs,
where the Pugh
family were our
hosts.

Mr Braithwaite said the bull
had previously won the 12 to
14 month
age class at this year’s
Sydney Royal Show. He has
been a good
calf from day one, and is a
full brother to the Reserve
Champion
from 2007, Midas Brutus, Mr
Braithwaite said.

Judge, Erica Halliday,
Walcha, NSW agreed,
describing him as an
ideal animal to target a
number of markets, with his
thickness,
structural correctness and
“lovely sire appeal”.

Reserve Champion Bull went
to 578kg, 13 month old bull,
Weetalabah HB Cookie,
exhibited by the Nixon
family (Julie and
Aderian Nixon) Chinchilla.

Weetalabah HB Cookie

The Chaplin family (Glen and
Madonna Chaplin) of Sunshine
Gelbvieh Cooroy, won
Champion Female with their
33 month old
Sunshine Diamond Girl A01
with a thumping six month
old calf at
foot.

The trophy for Most
Successful Exhibitor went to
the Sunshine
Gelbvieh Stud.”

Qld Branch donates the $50
trophy for Most Successful
Exhibitor.

NATIONAL GELBVIEH SALE -
DINNER

The Gelbvieh “get together”
pre-sale dinner at the
Jackie Howe
Motel in Warwick on Thursday
evening, 24 July 2008, was
well
attended with 43 guests
enjoying a great meal and
good fellowship.

Winner of the lucky spot for
a basket of macadamia
products
donated by Australian
Tropical Gelbvieh was Terry O’Halloran.
Winners of surprise draws
for beautiful ‘Pure Heaven’
and
‘Suttons’ apple products
donated by Val and Ian
Rogers,
Granite Gold Gelbvieh Stud were
Aleacea Nixon, Tracie Borg;
and George McVeigh.

The lucky vendors’ draws for
three lots of imported semen
kindly
donated by Gail and Ron
Anderson, Bar GR Cattle,
High Prairie,
Alberta Canada were won by
Geoff Steinbeck, Dieter
Ruzicka
and Glen Chaplin.

The donation of goods for
prizes, lucky draws and
thank you gifts
was much appreciated. Thank
you to Evan and Jean
McKenzie,
Brice and Fran Kaddatz,
Val and Ian Rogers and Gail
and
Ron Anderson.

RAFFLE

The Gelbvieh Council raffle
run by Malcolm King created
some
excitement with a flurry of
buyers for limited tickets
with the raffle
drawn that night.

Clyde and Alison Johnson,
Norolle, Millmerran Qld,
were honoured
with Life Memberships of The
Australian Gelbvieh
Association Inc.
in a speech made by
Councillor Geoff Steinbeck.
They were both
shocked; but delighted.

Clyde found his voice to
thank the members for the
honour and
said they will continue to
support the Association and
breed quality
Gelbvieh stock for as long
as they can.

Alison Johnson, Geoff
Steinbeck and Clyde Johnson
at the
announcement, which was,
apparently, a surprise only
to Alison
and Clyde.